Drunk Brooklyn dentist was driving on the wrong side of the highway

Michael Gustafson, 66, the owner of Mike’s Bikes Shop at Route 36 and Ave D in Atlantic Highlands, was pronounced dead early Saturday morning at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, following a motor vehicle crash that occurred at the Middletown/Highlands border on Route 36, according to a statement by Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

Anthony F. Sarlo, 62, a dentist from Brooklyn was driving a 2015 Jeep Cherokee westbound in the eastbound lane of Route 36 when he crashed into Gustafson who was driving eastbound in a 2017 Honda Fit at approximately 12:46 a.m. Both the Highlands and Middletown Police Departments responded to the crash, according to a Highlands law enforcement source. The Middletown PD handled the initial investigation.

Gustafson was transported to Riverview Medical Center where he was pronounced dead in the Emergency Room at 1:44 a.m.

Dr. Anthony F Sarlo was charged with DWI and driving the wrong way on a divided highway after the collision that killed Michael Gustafson of Atlantic Highlands. Social media photo

Sarlo was also transported to Riverview for evaluation and was released. He was issued motor vehicle summonses for Driving While Intoxicated, Open Alcoholic Beverage in a Motor Vehicle, Reckless Driving, Misuse of a Divided Highway (Wrong Way), according to Gramiccioni’s statement.

Anyone with information about this collision is asked to call Sergeant Cliff O’Hara, of the Middletown Township Police Department at 732-615-2100 or Agent Reginald Grant of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 800-533-7443.

Anyone who feels the need to remain anonymous but has information about a crime can contact Monmouth County Crime Stoppers confidential telephone tip-line by calling 1-800-671-4400; can text “MONMOUTH” plus their tip to 274637; or, they can email a tip via the website at www.monmouthcountycrimestoppers.com. Monmouth County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of criminals and fugitives.

Sorry for the man’s family.. But, look at your future county demographic, as NY gets as bad as California, and down here they come, only to vote like they did, up there.. and, wait til even more people drive while high, thanks to legal weed, than we already have, now. I don’t care what you say, ask people in Colorado, it has gotten worse. They say suicide numbers are up in N.J., too. Many are feeling that desperate, between the high costs of living, being so crowded and fast- paced, and so much substance abuse,of all types. Am scared for many souls and lives..

Tragic news. I’ve known Mike since 1969.
People crowding the shore from the city are like an invasive species…That stupid “Jersey
Shore” show has probably make things worse.
(Let’s go to the shore,get drunk and act like
idiots). I hope they throw that reject from the
sopranos in jail and throw the key away.
And yes, mike did survive getting stabbed in a robbery attempt.

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